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Assessing Defensiveness with the PAI: a Cross Validational Study

The use of scales on the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) to detect defensiveness in criminal and nonclinical samples was evaluated. Forty-five male inmates of a county jail and 38 male undergraduate psychology students were provided with incentives to complete the PAI under two conditions: standard instructions and experimental instructions to feign a specific, positive role. The sequence of instructions was counterbalanced in both samples for the purpose of examining ordering effects. A repeated measures multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was performed, yielding significant main effects of condition, group and order. Additionally, a step-wise discriminant function analysis significantly predicted group membership (i.e., subjects under honest and faking conditions) with a hit rate = 84.4%. Finally, a more effective cutting score for the Positive Impression scale was recommended.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc500994
Date05 1900
CreatorsCashel, Mary Louise
ContributorsRogers, Richard, 1950-, Sewell, Kenneth W., Burke, Angela J.
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatv, 80 leaves: ill., Text
CoverageUnited States - Texas - Grayson County, United States - Texas - Denton County - Denton
RightsPublic, Cashel, Mary Louise, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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